It’s Friday. This is a cat. You’re reading a web log.
Friday Cat Blogging (2004-12-03)
It’s Friday. This is a cat. You’re reading a web log.
It’s Friday. This is a cat. You’re reading a web log.
Jim Chappell
(from the is there anything on this web site about Inspirational New Age/Smooth Jazz romantic piano music evoking beauty and tranquility..? dept.)
I am not, nor am I related to this Jim Chappell.
Return of the King Extended Edition Trailer
(from the too cool not to share dept.)
The trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition can be found here.
The Screen Savers
Out of morbid curiosity, I endured the premiere episode of the new incarnation of The Screen Savers. Here’s my review (I’m stealing a bit from a classic Bloom County strip):
G4TechTV’s recently retooled The Screen Savers has brought the word “bad” to new levels of badness. This show just oozed rottenness from every bad segment… Simply bad beyond all infinite dimensions of possible badness.
Well maybe not that bad, but lord, it wasn’t good. Yes, it was that bad.
Medically Supervised Anecdotal Study
I heard this phrase in a radio advertisement:
In a recent medically supervised anecdotal study, over 96% of the participants
who took Product X*, reported an increase in libido and erectile strength.
What is a medically supervised anecdotal study?
Why not have a real clinical trial of Product X?
Probably because a real clinical trial would show Product X
is no better than the potions and elixirs sold at 19th century medicine shows.
Guess the Location
See if you can guess where this picture was taken (winner gets bragging rights).
Post a comment to submit your answer.
Clue (11-06-2004): Not Port Liberty, New Jersey
Clue (10-28-2004): Not South Korea.
Clue (10-27-2004): Look here
Clue (10-17-2004): Not the Gyaing River, Myanmar.
Clue (10-14-2004): this picture was taken @ June 1990
Falwell’s Thanksgiving message
(via Media Matters for America)
I thank God now in the 21st century for talk radio, that three hours a day people like
Sean Hannity1,
Rush Limbaugh1,2,
and hundreds of others are telling the truth of what really is going on. I thank God for
FOX News Channel1.
I thank God for the Internet bloggers and the news producers like
NewsMax.com1,3,
WorldNetDaily.com1, even
The Drudge Report1,4.
— Radical Cleric Jerry Falwell
- bearer of false witness
- drug addict
- spammer
- fucking weirdo
Alternative Warning Labels for Textbooks
(from the countering creationist idiocy dept.)
(via Pharyngula)
I like the idea of printing these stickers and sending them to students in school districts that pass or are trying to pass these silly textbook disclaimer laws.
Presidential Yacht
(from the I want a boat too, but I don’t expect someone else to pay for it dept.)
(via Eschaton)
Congress Passes $388 Billion Spending Bill:
The Senate voted 65-30 for the legislation late on Saturday that sets aside funds for a range of priorities including a presidential yacht, foreign aid and energy. It is one of the final pieces of work for the 108th Congress and they may return to finish a spy agency overhaul before the end of the year.
Presidential yacht? WTF? I wonder how many people went into the voting booth on Nov. 2 and thought, “I’m going to vote Republican, because this country really needs a presidential yacht.”
Actually, I’m all for the preservation of presidential yachts and other historic vessels (if this is the purpose of this appropriation). But don’t you think there should be other spending priorities?
UPDATE: Budget bill has $15.8B in extras:
$2 million for the government to buy back the presidential yacht USS Sequoia, sold in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter to demonstrate frugality.
The Republicans are showing fiscal responsibility by undoing Jimmy Carter’s act of frugality. Welcome to bizarro world. By the way, the Sequoia seems to be in good hands, so this is not a case of preserving a historic landmark.
Dubya: The Movie
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